The 45th POTUS - Donald J. Trump

[Jorge]

The white supremacists are not a half

[Norah]

The white supremacists are not a half

yeah, but they're not a deal breaker to a half, and that's pretty fucked up

[BurtReynolds]

The white supremacists are not a half

yeah, but they're not a deal breaker to a half, and that's pretty fucked up

they're not a deal breaker for either half.

[Jorge]

I guess the question I would ask is, do you think those two halves (liberals and conservatives, if that's what you mean) becoming closer in ideology or unification is a good thing, or that it should be the goal?

[Norah]

many sides

[Jorge]

I think the gulf will keep widening and each side will continue to fragment and disintegrate. And maybe that is not so bad.

[BurtReynolds]

I think the gulf will keep widening and each side will continue to fragment and disintegrate. And maybe that is not so bad.

It could be.

[E.H. Ruddock]

The good thing about this and the North Korea stuff is it really takes the spotlight off of all the flat Earth bullshit

[Norah]

what are the flat earthers saying about the eclipse?

[E.H. Ruddock]

what are the flat earthers saying about the eclipse?

Probably that it is some kind of projection or something.

[BurtReynolds]

The good thing about this and the North Korea stuff is it really takes the spotlight off of all the flat Earth bullshit

how is North Korea going to attack us if they are on the other side of the map? THINK

[BurtReynolds]

The word is Bannon is the biggest leaker in the administration. Bet he's on the way out.

What does he even do now? Hasn't he been demoted to white house janitor by now?

[Jorge]

I saw that too. But who leaked it?

[tragabigzanda]

I saw that too. But who leaked it?

Priebus or Kushner

[LoathedVermin72]

But seriously, does anyone see anything on the horizon that suggests that the two halves of this country are going to move toward each other? I can't see anything, but I see mountains of evidence that they will continue to separate.

It seems kinda dumb.

Hopefully secession finally happens and we won't have to deal with this shit anymore. I have no interest in moving toward the middle anymore. I've seen what republicans do when they're in power. Fuck all of them.

[LoathedVermin72]

Also, Burt, I don't know why you made an identity politics joke? That's not what we're talking about. You know I hate that shit.

[BurtReynolds]

Also, Burt, I don't know why you made an identity politics joke? That's not what we're talking about. You know I hate that shit.

Sorry, that was supposed to be a comment on the white supremacists and the general way that society increasingly views things. Then I thought of 300 and your love for Zack Snyder, and one thing led to another...

[dimejinky99]

from the guardian

[McParadigm]

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/1 ... nce-241547

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration received multiple warnings from national security officials between 2014 and 2016 that the Kremlin was ramping up its intelligence operations and building disinformation networks it could use to disrupt the U.S. political system, according to more than half a dozen current and former officials.

As early as 2014, the administration received a report that quoted a well-connected Russian source as saying that the Kremlin was building a disinformation arm that could be used to interfere in Western democracies. The report, according to an official familiar with it, included a quote from the Russian source telling U.S. officials in Moscow, "You have no idea how extensive these networks are in Europe ... and in the U.S., Russia has penetrated media organizations, lobbying firms, political parties, governments and militaries in all of these places."

[McParadigm]